Thread: some ?s.

1. A nap is typically during the day, or within 12 hours of when you wake up. It isn't as long as a night sleep and it's more of just a quick "recharge" instead of a full tune-up that comes with a full night's sleep.

2. I find that I can only really nap during the day, but if you are more nocturnal (sleeping normally during the day) you can nap during the night. It's all about how long you're asleep and how deep into the sleep you go, but unless you've been awake long enough to warrant a full sleep, you'll probably just take a nap.

3. I think I remember something along of the lines of REM deprivation, where you stayed awake for a while and then jumped right into REM the next time you slept, so yes, I believe if you go a longer than normal time you'll achieve REM earlier/quicker. I'm not sure if you immediately enter REM, but it is faster.

4. This depends on the cycle of your sleep. When you wake up in the middle of a full night's sleep, your body will want to return to where you left off. With things like WILD you want to try and time it with the beginning of an REM cycle, because if you do it during deep sleep, or nREM sleep, you won't enter REM immediately; your body will want to go back to the deep sleep you were in. For most people, this is 4-6 hours into sleeping, so yes, each session after the first (though I recommend not having the first) should put you right back into REM.

5. I, myself, don't have much experience with SSILD, but from other experiences I've heard about, it's much like gently focusing on your senses, like a very mild ADA (all day awareness) and then quickly falling asleep, to maximize the effectiveness of this mini ADA. Focus on your senses very slightly, mainly what you see when your eyes are closed and any light noises you hear, and a bit what you feel (tingliness, heaviness). Do each of these for a short period of time (less than a minute) and then repeat them all several times. After you're relaxed and ready to fall asleep, just try and quickly fade away into sleep, or if you feel that a WILD would work best, go with that. It's mainly bring aware of your body, but not too much that you can't fall asleep. Pairing this with a WBTB makes for an effective WILD/DILD induction technique that can be suited to your own liking. A full tutorial can be found here.

I hope I answered at least some of your questions

I am satisfied with your answers, thx.

Originally Posted by Jacob46719

1. What is the boundary between a nap and the beginning of a night sleep?
A nap will have more REM, bcz you slert a good amount during the night, and then your nap will continue that cycle, and in the later half of the sleep cycle(when you nap) is packed with REM.
2. Does the time of day influence this?
Yes. You want to take your nap not too late during the day, bcz when the time between the awakening and the nap increases, the non-REM increases in your nap.
3. If I skip a night of sleep, will the following night result in directly heading into REM(like in a nap), as opposed to an average night where that doesn't happen?
No, bcz you still need to have non-REM before REM.
4. If I take sleeping sessions of 2 hours or so each in a night with several minutes of activity between each session, will each session after the first take me directly into REM?
Yes, it will give you a better chance at hitting the REM bcz the in the later part of the sleep cycle, REM is longer and there is a little gap between each REM cycle. The longest REM cycles with the least intervals between them are before 2-3 hour of usual awakening time.
5. How do I perform SSILD effectively?
You need to do it mindlessly. You need to not focus on it. You should read the tutorial, it explains everything.

The answers are in the quote

1. What is the boundary between a nap and the beginning of a night sleep?

A: A nap is a shorter version of a sleep, and is generally during the day.
2. Does the time of day influence this?

A: A little, i mean, if you have a nap 5 hours before bed, then you might have trouble falling asleep when you're supposed to. If you do it earlier in the day, you might be fine. It affects us all differently.
3. If I skip a night of sleep, will the following night result in directly heading into REM(like in a nap), as opposed to an average night where that doesn't happen?

A: Highly unlikely. The more tired we are, the deeper sleep we go into. There is a stage past REM sleep which is dreamless, and if we really need sleep excessively, our body will go into it.
4. If I take sleeping sessions of 2 hours or so each in a night with several minutes of activity between each session, will each session after the first take me directly into REM?

A: Yes. This can be kinda scary to do, but also fun. I personally think this is a good way to practice any technique that involves waking up early. Specifically WILD.
5. How do I perform SSILD effectively?

A: I don't have much experience with SSILD. If you look in Wiki (At the top part of the site), Look in User tutorials or DV tutorials (I forgot which one.) and there should be a nice SSILD tutorial there.
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Above all, good luck to you.